The Senate also confirmed Nitza Quinones Alejandro to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. She was confirmed by voice vote.

“Judge Quinones is very well prepared as a judge and conscientious as a judicial official,” Casey said. “She runs a good court room and treats litigators fairly.”

Casey added that both confirmations were “critically important to justice” for his state.

Democrats have complained that Republicans needlessly block and delay Obama’s nominees, but Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) said the Senate has confirmed more than 190 of Obama’s judicial nominees and blocked only two.